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Sex-crimes cannot be blamed on victims

Editor's note: The following column contains graphic details of a sexual assault. "Why didn't she go to the police?" It's one of the most commonly asked questions about sexual assault, and on the surface, it makes sense.

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Curing crimes

Before drug courts became a method of satellite justice to Michigan's criminal court system, the addict was known as a criminal and a disease was considered a breach of the law.

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Country in crisis

After the U.S. Congress declared genocide in Sudan, the world police that is the United States is once again stuck in a tough situation, especially in lieu of the disastrous foreign-relation spectacle in Iraq. In the last 15 months, nearly 30,000 people have been slaughtered, and more than 1 million black Africans have found themselves homeless because of the conflict.

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Tour de Lance

According to Lance Armstrong, the color yellow has taught him what it means to suffer. Suffering hasn't come for Armstrong in a 125-mile-long stage of the Tour de France as he chases the customary yellow jersey of the tour's pack leader.

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Hamtramck column unfair in judgment

Maddie Trier straight-up accuses the residents of Hamtramck of being anti-Muslim racists in terms of their motivation for voting on the noise ordinance that regulates the calls to prayer from the local Al-Islah Mosque ("Controversy over call to prayer in Hamtramck showcases intolerance" SN 7/20). Certainly we can admit to the ignorance of extremist zealots frightened that the call will destroy their faith.

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Dems speak

Here's your microphone, John Kerry. Your people have gathered and the whole world is watching - here's your chance.

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Call to prayer

Somewhere in-between the morning garbage trucks, the afternoon bustle of people running errands and midnight train whistles, Hamtramck might soon be hearing Muslim prayer calls reminding Islamic followers to worship their God. Yet, some residents have argued that there would be too much noise in the city, which has caused many homeowners in the city to complain. Church bells already are being rung in the city and don't seem to arouse much debate - possibly because it is the dominating religion or because it has been tradition. But to approve of only one kind of religion's prayer calls shows intolerance. The purpose of a prayer call is to remind believers and followers to take a few minutes out of their busy schedules and pray.

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35 years of aid

The Listening Ear Crisis Intervention Center does not deserve to hand out free ice cream in celebration of their service to the MSU community.

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Preventative ed

We'd like to pardon ourselves in advance for the ambiguity of the forthcoming statement, but we hope you'll bear with us to see our point out to fruition.

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Celebrity justice

At the beginning of this month, former Enron CEO Kenneth Lay was indicted for fraud far too long after the collapse of his company -nearly four years ago. The stories were splattered all across the media.